Friday's Families:
Ranunculaceae -the Buttercup family
Cactaceae -the Cactus family
Araceae –the Aroid family
Ranunculaceae -the Buttercup family
Papaveraceae -the Poppy family
Myrtaceae –the Myrtle family
Poaceae -the Grass family
Polygonaceae -the Polygonum family
Rosaceae -the Rose family
Solanaceae -the Tomato family
Plantaginceae -the Plantain family
Maps to Plants For this Friday's Class:
A. This map shows locations of members of the following plant families here at the Arboretum:
Cactaceae -the Cactus family
Araceae –the Aroid family
Ranunculaceae -the Buttercup family
Papaveraceae -the Poppy family
Poaceae -the Grass family
Polygonaceae -the Polygonum family
Solanaceae -the Tomato family
Plantaginceae -the Plantain family
B. This Map Shows Locations of Plants Here in the Myrtle Family
C. This Map Shows Locations of Plants Here in the Rose Family
Thursday, March 24, 2016
Friday, March 18, 2016
March 18th Plant ID Class
Map of Plants Belonging to the Families Being Studied Today
Families we'll be studying today:
Gingkoaceae –The Gingko
family
Magnoliaceae -The Magnolia family
Ranunculaceae -the Buttercup family
Cactaceae -the Cactus family
Malvaceae –the Hibiscus
family
Myrtaceae –the Myrtle
family
Rutaceae –the Citrus family
Asteraceae –the Sunflower family
Araceae –the Aroid family
Aracaceae –the Palm family
Find these in the "50 Major Plant Families" booklet by Lena Strewe of Rutgers.
Friday, March 11, 2016
March 11th Class Outline
Hour 1: Review
Vascular Plants vs. Non-vascular Plants
7. Seeds vs. Spores
8. Angiosperms vs. Gymnosperms
9. Monocots vs. Dicots
10. Plant parts Other Than Flowers
a. Leaves
i. Arrangement
ii. Attachment
iii. Venation
iv. Stipules
v. Texture
vi. Margin
b. Forms
i. Rosettes
ii. Forbes and perennials
iii. Upright, Scandent, Relaxed etc.
iv. Spikes
v. Arborescent
vi. Vines and Lianas
vii. Other
c. Roots
i. Corms, Tubers, Bulbs, Crowns, Rhizomes etc.
d. Stems
i. Woody
ii. Herbaceous
iii. Round vs. Square and Trigonal.
e. Other important parts
i. Pachycaul (Caudex)
ii. Seeds
1. Arils
iii. Fruit
iv. Bark
11. Flowers
a. Plant sexuality terms:
i. Monecious, Dioecious, Unisexual, Bisexual.
b. Petals, Sepals and Tepals
c. Calyx and Corrola
d. Androecium, Gynoecium, Pistels, Carpels,
e. Placentation
f. Nectary Disk
g. Apocarpus vs. Syncarpus
h. Epigenous, Hypogenous, Perigynous (Hypanthium) Superior, Inferior.
i. Symmetry
i. Actinomorphic
ii. Zygomorphic
j. Inflorescence Shapes
Hour 2: Review and continuation of Order Lamiales
The following families are now in the order Lamiales:
Hour 2: Review and continuation of Order Lamiales
The following families are now in the order Lamiales:
o Family Bignoniaceae
o Family Plantaginaceae
o Family Acanthaceae
o Family Scrophulariaceae
o Family Lamiaceae
o Family Verbanaceae
Hour 3: New Families (as time permits)
Useful Links:
Useful Links:
Plant Identification
- Verbatim Name Usage Data (enter species name)
- About Acanthaceae
- Microsoft PowerPoint - Acanthaceae [Read-Only] [Compatibility Mode]
- Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - The University of Texas at Austin
- Angiosperm families - Bignoniaceae Juss.
- Plant Structures: Flowers
- Plant Structures: Cells, Tissues and Structures
- Taxonomic Classification
- Plant Structures: Cells, Tissues and Structures
- Special Types of Inflorescence | Tutorvista.com
- EUPHORBIA PBI
- Justicia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Tropicos | Name - Justicia corumbensis (Lindau) Wassh. & C. Ezcurra
- Justicia Notes
- IPNI Plant Name Details
- The International Plant Names Index: Epithet updates made since January 2010
- Justicia leonardii Wassh. — The Plant List
- Lavandula - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- Lavandula dentata - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- The Plant List
- Search results — The Plant List
- Lavandula dentata L. — The Plant List
- Wikispecies Taxon Browser
- Lamiales - Wikispecies
- Euasterids I - Wikispecies
- Lamiaceae - Wikispecies
- Lavandula - Wikispecies
- Lavandula dentata - Wikispecies
- Bignoneaceae University of Hawaii Page
- Bignoneaceae Delta Intkey Page
- Don Hodel's article on Handroanthus
Friday, March 4, 2016
Plant Identification Links
Thursday, March 3, 2016
Class #1 Syllabus: Plant Identification in Three Easy Hours
1. 2. Hour 1
3. Why ID?
a. Common name problems
i.
Common
ground problems
ii.
Language
differences
iii.
Archaic
meanings
b. Cultural information
i.
Scientific
name, range, elevation etc.
4. WHY to ID
a. Decide why you need to ID
i.
Ornamental
horticulture
ii.
Edible
plants
iii.
Ethnobotany
1. Medicine
2. Ritual
3. Other
b. Decide ‘what you need to ID’
i.
What
families are most common for your needs
ii.
Region
specific plants
iii.
Ornamental?
Native?
c. A short history of nomenclature
i.
Romans
ii.
Herbalists
iii.
Early
botanists
iv.
Linnaeus:
Father of the binomial.
d.
5. Hour 2
6. Vascular Plants vs. Non-vascular
Plants
7. Seeds vs. Spores
8. Angiosperms vs. Gymnosperms
9. Monocots vs. Dicots
10. Plant parts Other Than Flowers
a. Leaves
i.
Arrangement
ii.
Attachment
iii.
Venation
iv.
Stipules
v.
Texture
vi. Margin
b. Forms
i.
Rosettes
ii.
Forbes
and perennials
iii.
Upright,
Scandent, Relaxed etc.
iv.
Spikes
v.
Arborescent
vi.
Vines
and Lianas
vii.
Other
c. Roots
i.
Corms,
Tubers, Bulbs, Crowns, Rhizomes etc.
d. Stems
i.
Woody
ii.
Herbaceous
iii.
Round
vs. Square and Trigonal.
e. Other important parts
i.
Pachycaul
(Caudex)
ii.
Seeds
1. Arils
iii.
Fruit
iv. Bark
11. Flowers
a. Plant sexuality terms:
i.
Monecious,
Dioecious, Unisexual, Bisexual.
b. Petals, Sepals and Tepals
c. Calyx and Corrola
d. Androecium, Gynoecium, Pistels,
Carpels,
e. Placentation
f.
Nectary
Disk
g. Apocarpus vs. Syncarpus
h. Epigenous, Hypogenous, Perigynous
(Hypanthium) Superior, Inferior.
i.
Symmetry
i.
Actinomorphic
ii.
Zygomorphic
j.
Inflorescence
Shapes
12. Identification to family and order, why it’s
important:
a. It gives you a ‘sense’ of the plant
b. Makes for more accurate searches
c. Plants in ‘Floras’ are arranged by
families.
d. If you know the family you have a
good chance of identifying something in a closely related family via the order
that family is in.
e. If you aren't familiar with the family, being familiar with a family that is in the same order as the plant you are looking at gives you a good chance of figuring out what the plant's family is.
13. Id Methods
a. Keys
b. Knowledge
c. Google Image Search
14. Hour 3
a. 13 Most Common Arboretum Plant
Families and the numbers of plants in each family here (We will identify and become familiar with plants from these families
and more).
ORCHIDACEAE
|
3630
|
MYRTACEAE
|
1560
|
LILIACEAE
|
1104
|
FABACEAE
|
903
|
ARECACEAE
|
899
|
LAMIACEAE
|
844
|
ALOACEAE (Aspholedaceae)
|
625
|
ROSACEAE
|
603
|
ASTERACEAE
|
520
|
AGAVACEAE (Asparagaceae)
|
484
|
FAGACEAE
|
435
|
POACEAE
|
404
|
BIGNONIACEAE
|
340
|
i.
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